The Schlumberger Moscow Research Center (SMR) initiated its first collaborative research projects with Russian universities in 1998. The first research facility was officially opened in 2003, and at the end of 2010, SMR moved to a new state-of-the-art facility next to the campus of Moscow State University, a major research and educational hub in Russia. The new SMR facility, which comprises office space, an experimental laboratory, and a supercomputer, houses approximately 100 researchers.